Marlena (Marlena Shaw album) explained
Marlena is an album by American vocalist Marlena Shaw recorded in 1972 and released on the Blue Note label.[1] The album was Shaw's third release and her first for the Blue Note label.
Track listing
- "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) - 5:08
- "Somewhere" (Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein) - 3:28
- "Runnin' Out of Fools" (Kay Rogers, Richard Ahlert) - 4:48
- "So Far Away" (Carole King) - 3:58
- "I'm Gonna Find Out" (Ralph Harrington) - 3:52
- "Save the Children" (Al Cleveland, Renaldo Benson, Marvin Gaye) - 4:08
- "You Must Believe in Spring" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Jacques Demy, Michel Legrand) - 4:34
- "Wipe Away the Evil" (Horace Silver) - 5:01
- "Things Don't Never Go My Way" (Tommy Faile) - 5:55
- Recorded at A&R Studios in New York City on August 10 (tracks 1, 2, 7 & 8) and August 11 (tracks 3-6 & 9) with overdubbed strings recorded on August 16, 1972.
Personnel
- Marlena Shaw - vocals
- Phil Bodner - flute, oboe, english horn
- Derek Smith - piano, electric piano
- Paul Griffin - electronic organ, electric piano
- Vincent Bell, Jay Berliner, Cornell Dupree - guitar
- Richard Davis - double bass
- Gordon Edwards - electric bass
- Jimmy Johnson - drums
- Raymond Orchart - conga
- Johnny Pacheco - conga, bongos
- Omar Clay - percussion
- Wade Marcus - arranger, conductor
- Paul Gershman, Louis Haber, Harry Lookofsky, Irving Spice, Louis Stone, Paul Winter - violin
- Julian Barber, Seymour Berman - viola
- Seymour Barab, Charles McCraken - cello
- Eugene Bianco - harp
Notes and References
- http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-4400-series/#bst-84422 Blue Note Records discography
